ThinkstockIf you ever wondered if collusion exists on Wall Street, Wednesday’s varying reports on different semiconductor companies might be enough to make you wonder. A select number of semiconductor stocks are surging higher on…
ThinkstockShort sellers often have it in for companies, entities, funds and even sectors. But what is interesting is when the short sellers target entities with high dividends. Master limited partnerships (MLPs) fit right into…
ThinkstockThe short interest data for the final two weeks of May have been released, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends we follow. Some of the…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Wednesday, June 11, 2014. They include Amazon, Boeing, Micron Technology, NBG, SanDisk and Marvell Technology.
thinkstockThe race for supremacy in the alternative energy and emerging tech space will be a long one. The key for investors with a more aggressive account profile who can buy these top names is…
ThinkstockShort sellers may have many reasons to be short a stock. One reason could be as a hedge against other positions, but often this is simply because short sellers are betting against a stock…
24/7 Wall St. has reviewed 10 of the better known Chinese stocks that trade as American Depositary Shares in New York, looking for potential upside given a mild bull market scenario continuing through 2014.
ThinkstockThe short interest data from the May 30 settlement date is out, and we are witnessing some big changes in the bets against big oil companies. Even with some drops in the short interest,…
ThinkstockShort sellers have many reasons to bet against a stock, some of which are hedging or part of a larger theme. Other reasons may be a bet against a company or sector, or in…
ThinkstockOcean Power Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTT) has just reached a crush depth alert on news that it has fired its CEO, who is also Chairman, for cause. Shares were halted most of Tuesday. Unfortunately,…
ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s has issued a somewhat cautious note on Tuesday covering emerging markets. While many of these international markets have downgrade risks, S&P noted that Russia faces the largest downgrade risks of them…
ThinkstockKeurig Green Mountain Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) seems to just keep firing on all cylinders. The coffee giant already scored its deal with Coca-Cola, now it has landed hot beverage partnership with Subway. Some investors…
Tyson Foods may have destroyed its own prospects for new investors in its acquisition of Hillshire Brands. Credit Suisse's Robert Moskow has downgraded Tyson to Underperform.
Advanced Micro Devices saw a strong price reaction on Tuesday after the graphics and processor outfit scored two positive research calls from Canaccord Genuity and Imperial Capital.
ThinkstockTuesday’s economic readings are not exactly market moving numbers because they both cover April data. This was the wholesale trade data and the Labor Department’s JOLTS report. Still, they both offer keen insight into…
Oppenheimer is tempering some equity investor expectations for the rest of 2014 in its monthly Portfolio Strategy report. The firm said that its equity risk model has weakened again, and now the firm is…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. They include AMD, AMR, ARM, Chevron, Exxon, Netflix, Sprint and Twitter.
Here are the four top biotech names we found that all have hepatitis C drugs in their current pipelines at one stage or another and that could be the next takeover targets.
ThinkstockGoDaddy Inc. has just filed its Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. While this is a filing for an initial public offering (IPO), we would be quick to point out that…
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) has been an incredible turnaround story. Things went south in the late 1990s after massive leveraged growth, and it has only been in the past year or so that…